Fence-post



(No Model.)

J. M. TERRELL 8v C. GARVER.

FENCE POST.

No'. 397,039. Patented Jan. 29, 1889.

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* UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

IEPI-I'rI-IAE MILTON TERRELL AND CHARLES GARvER, OE SPRING I-IILL,

' OHIO.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,039, dated January 29, 1889.

Application filed October l4, 1888. Serial No. 287,182. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, JEPH'IIIAE MILTON TEERELL and CHARLES GARVER, citizens of the United States, and resident-s of Spring Hill, in the county ot` Champaign and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Fence-Posts; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact dcscription of the invention, such as will enable others Skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of this invention and is a front view. Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken where the broken line c Je is marked on Fig. i. Fig. El is a vertical section showing portions of the upper and lower parts of the post. Fig. t is a modiiication and cross-Section.

This invention relates to imprtweinents in fence-posts; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

The object to provide a metallic fencepost in two Sections, so that the upper section bearing the fence-wires mav be easily disengaged from the lower section and rolled up with the wires when it is desired to move the fence.

Referring to the drawings, A designates have the lower edge inclined upward and outward from the section B, so that when said section is driven into the ground the resistance of the wings will be slight.

The section B is designed to be driven into the ground to a depth covering the top of the anchorplate, leaving a portion, d, above ground, upon which the lower end of the section A is lapped and secured by bolts e, having wedge-shaped heads f.

IVe do not confine ourselves to the bolts having wedge-shaped heads, however, as awedge-shaped block, E, may be employed, through the openings of which ordinarybolts may pass. In either ease it is to be understood that the bolts are io be threaded at one end to engage a nut.

Having described our invention, what we claim isl. The combination, with the metal felicepost, consisting of two sections V-shaped in cross-section, of the bolts having the wedgeshaped head and the anchor-plate having Aits central portion conforming to and secured 1o the lower section, and having the lat-eral wings inclined upward and outward, substantially as specified.

2. In a fence-post, the combination of the upper V-shaped section having the openings, the lower V-shaped section lapping thereon and having the pointed lower end, the bolts having the wedge-shaped heads, and the anch- Or-plate having its cen tral portion conforming to the lower section and bolted thereto, and having the lateral wings inclined on the lower edge from the said section, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JEPHTHAE MILTON TERRELL. CHARLES GARVER. lVitnesses:

J. M. PITTMAN, JOHN C. EBY, 

